A terrifying forest spirit wreaks havoc on a hospital, ending in a bloody slaughter. The entity is trapped in a pavilion following a witchcraft ritual. Decades later, a construction crew is begrudgingly forced to demolish a wall they know they should not be touching. They open up a hole and then flee after the dude operating the sledgehammer gets grabbed by something. An older nurse knows they should be nowhere near the “red pavilion” but the head doctor demands that the remodel go through. It’s too late for any dispute anyways. That hole has unleashed a whole bunch of evil into the hospital. A kind-hearted doctor (Sofiá Rocha) is familiar with the legend surrounding the place and doesn’t outright dismiss the supernatural, which makes her a lot more sympathetic than her tired and annoyed boss. Dr. Balbuena is asked to stay on an overnight shift due to a dwindling staff and hears something odd. A strange whistling (like the creepy-ass note featured in the backwoods classic Just Before Dawn) is emanating from the hole and the old nurse is convinced that the entity trapped thirty years back has returned and is looking to regain its former power. But as much as she pleads with Dr. Castro, he just sees her as causing unnecessary panic in his hospital. He suspends her and she leaves him with only one warning; if he hears the whistle and confronts what’s making it, do not look whatever it is in the eyes. Following an assault on her boyfriend, Dr. Balbuena’s daughter shows up at the facility and tracks the eerie whistle to its source. Guess what gets ahold of her. Her mother logically assumes the moody teen has just gone home after being expected to wait while her mama looks in on her boyfriend but the possessed girl is now creeping around the hospital and patients are dying. Knowing there’s no way in hell she can abandon her daughter, the doctor asks the nurse back to assist with trapping the spirit again. A goth teenager dressed like a prostitute crawling around and sucking out souls ain’t exactly my idea of scary but eventually a sort-of exorcism requires this films take on a trek through The Further and we… still don’t really get to see the jungle-born nightmare creature trapped behind the wall. Bummer. There’s a kid in a wheelchair to root for (don’t grow too attached) and some quality sound design to cause a few goosebumps. It’s all perfectly adequate, it’s just a little too familiar for its own good.
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